Featuring the backdrop of military conscription and set in a military barracks in Melilla, the plot touches themes such as the suicide of conscripts and substance consumption.[2][3] Two begrudging privates (Jaime and Cidraque) see themselves forced to act as casual investigators in the wake of series of deaths in the barracks (two deaths from overdose and the ensuing killing of a homosexual conscript).[4][5]
Based on the 1990 novel Morirás en Chafarinas by Fernando Lalana, the screenplay was penned by Pedro Olea and Francisco Lalana.[4] The film is an Altube Filmeak SL production, with the participation of TVE.[4] Shooting locations included a barracks in Aranjuez,[7] Community of Madrid.
Casimiro Torreiro of El País assessed that, while the script apparently features seemingly everything to be functional for an entertaining narration, the writing "lacks work to polish the details", concluding that "no one will be able to say that [the film] is not a well shot and interpreted film. But that alone is not enough to achieve a satisfactory product."[5]
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